Articles by Edan Lepucki
June 13, 2013
Don’t Let the Story End: Five Spinoff Novels I’d Love to Read 7
I’d love to read a novel narrated by Eloise’s mother. She’s a rich fuck-up, to be sure, maybe a functioning alcoholic with a penchant for Bloody Marys at breakfast and champagne every afternoon.
May 24, 2013
The Chemistry between Fiction and Reality: The Millions Interviews Ramona Ausubel 0
There are lots of conversations in the world about writing which focus on the benefit of the reader and what works for him or her, and of course all writers should care about that, but at the same time, the magic act of making something out of nothing is happening in the writer’s head, and it’s that brain that needs to be tended to first.
May 9, 2013
Sing It, Sister! On Meg Wolitzer’s The Interestings 16
As I read its final lines, declarative and profound and true, I felt mournful. The book — this book! — was over. I closed the novel and wondered if I could write a book this big, this ballsy. I imagined Ms. Wolitzer behind an imposing mahogany desk, quill in hand. ”Why not?” she said to me, and smiled. Yes, why not?
April 25, 2013
The Space Between: The Millions Interviews Marisa Silver 3
A photograph captures a moment of time, but then time itself moves past that moment into the future. When we look at a photograph, we are looking at time stilled, at a moment that has died.
April 11, 2013
Ask the Writing Teacher: A Spork in the Road 6
Honey, you aren’t a contestant on The Bachelor, you’re a writer!
February 27, 2013
Ask the Writing Teacher: Novelists on First Drafts 11
I decided to ask some writers I admire what they try to figure out with their first drafts. What, I asked them, do you need to know before you begin? And what do you try to solve as you’re working on that first draft?